Thunderstorms and heavy downpours are set to hit the UK amid a spell of humid weather. Yellow warnings for storms have been issued across much of England on Friday and into the weekend, with the risk ...

It comes as primaries in parts of England have been considering closing due to falling rolls and funding pressures.

Two people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, according to church officials. Several other people, including the parish priest, were injured.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has welcomed an announcement by the UK Government that it intends to lower the voting age to 16. Ministers are to bring forward a Bill before 2029 which will include ...

The next general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging plans to “modernise our democracy”. Labour’s manifesto committed the party to ...

The Prime Minister and Friedrich Merz signed the deal – to be known as the Kensington Treaty – at the V&A Museum on London.

Vessels taking part in the Tall Ships Races 2025 have begun arriving in Aberdeen ahead of a four-day festival. The race began in Le Havre in France in early July and the ships sailed round the coast ...

It is understood M&S expects to restart its outstanding operations – online beauty and click and collect sales – in the coming weeks.

Lucy Powell, who represents Manchester, also urged the Tories to Stop Crying Their Heart Out over their defeat last July.

Chief executive Alex Whitehouse said the uptick in branded sales was “driven by the strength of our innovation programme with new product ranges such as Mr Kipling birthday cake tarts performing very ...

The figures, analysed by the PA news agency, show 56.1 of those on the NHS waiting list at the end of June this year were of working age.

Tess Howard, who competed for Team GB in the Paris 2024 games, has joined Dr Alice Porter to make school sports clothing ...